Find the Area and Perimeter of Composite Figures

What is the area of this composite figure?

• 104 mi

• 70 mi

• 38 mi

• 76 mi

What math do you have to do to find the area of the inside Rectangle?

• Find the area of the Inside Rectangle and subtract it from area of Outside Rectangle

• Find the area of the Inside Rectangle and add it to the Outside Rectangle.

Find the Perimeter

• 74 in

• 69 in

• 82 in

• 67 in

Jeff drew a circle inside a square, as shown below.  Which method can Jeff use to find the area of the square not covered by the circle?

• Subtract the area of the circle from the area of the square.

• Subtract the area of the square from the area of the circle.

• Subtract 1/4 the area of the square from the area of the circle.

• Subtract 1/4 the area of the circle from the area of the square.

To find the area of a composite figure you must break the irregular figure into common shapes then find the area of each shape and 

• subtract them

• add them together

• multiply them

• divide them

Find the area of the composite shape.

• 24 units²

• 20 units²

• 21 units²

Find the area.

• 50 units²

• 200 units²

• 250 units²

• 300 units²

A figure that is made up of two or more simpler figures, such as triangles and quadrilaterals.

• polygon

• composite figure

• triangle

• regular polygon

What is the perimeter of the figure?

• 30 units

• 32 units

• 24 units

• 36 units

Which measurement is best for determining the distance walking around the edge of a park?

• area

• perimeter